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COMBINED LACE PIN AND FLOWER HOLDER. N0. 314,502. Patented Mar; 24. 1885.

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THOMAS J. WILSON, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

'COMBINED LACE-PIN AND FLOWER HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,502, dated March 24, 1885.

Application filed June 25, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS JEFFERSON \VILsON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined LacePin and Flower-Holder; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, ref erence being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to simplify and otherwise improve the construction of a combined lace-pin and flower-holder.

The invention consists in the arrangements and combinations of parts, substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts in each of the figures, Figure l is a plan of the device. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken through line at.

In said drawings, (t represents the body of the lace-pin, and!) the pin thereof. Pivoted upon said body are loops or rings 0, through which the flower-stems n'l'ay beinserted. These are forced by spring-power to lie against the face of the body a, to hold the flower-stems in place. On the underside of the body, between the pivotal bearings of the rings, is arranged a spring, (Z, which, pressing against the eccentric portions 0, causes said rings to press against the stems, as above stated, or to remain in the upright position shown in Fig. 3, at which the flowers may be readily removed.

As above intimated, the points 0, Where the loops bear on the spring, are eccentric to the bearings in the body a, so that to make the eccentric portion ride over the spring requires some little exertion, as will be evident upon reference to Fig. 1.

The bearings for the loop are formed by notching the side plates of the body quite deeply,thenarrangingtheloopsin thenotches, and finally securing by solder an ornamental covering-plate, f, over the mouths of the notches, perforations being formed with the loops held therein.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is 1. In combination, the lace-pin body and pin and pivoted loops, arranged and operating to hold the flower-stems.

2. The combination ofalace-pin and springactuated loops, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of a lace=pin, a loop arranged in side bearings thereof, and a spring on the under side of the body of said lace-pin bearing on said loop, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the lace-pin, of spring-actuated clamps adapted to press the flower-stem against the face of said body to hold the same in position.

5. In a lace-pin, the body provided with a pin and a pivoted loop, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of June, 1884..

THOS. J. \VILSON. WVitnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, OLIVER DRAKE. 

